Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

       They've announced the winner of this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the leading literary prize for a translation in the UK, and it is: The Iraqi Christ, by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright.
       In the UK this was published by Comma Press; see their publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.co.uk.
       In the US, Penguin have bundled it with The Madman of Freedom Square in a volume titled The Corpse Exhibition; get your copy at Amazon.com.

       In addition, the IFFP judges:

also wanted to give a special mention to The Mussel Feast, the debut novel by German writer Birgit Vanderbeke translated by Jamie Bulloch

       Judge Nadifa Mohamed called it: "a tiny book that leaves a strong impression".